Considering the noticeable difference from just the Vitamin D, I wouldn’t be surprised if modifying levels of other vitamins and proteins helped as well. Personally, I’m going to hold off on trying this one until I talk it over with my doctor.

(I purposely didn’t include the dosage amounts here, because I have no idea if it’s legit. The original item includes this, but I recommend talking it over with your doctor.)

Everyone gets the standard “vitamins are good for you” talk at their annual check-up, but this time around my doctor had a new idea. She wanted to run blood work just to make sure my Fibromyalgia wasn’t masking anything. (Make sure your doctors do this. Often we attribute new aches to chronic pain, when in actuality they may be from something else – think thyroid.) Anyway, in addition to the standard battery, she wanted to check my Vitamin D levels. Turns out, several of her other Fibro patients had low levels. Always looking for a solution, I let them run the additional test.

Sure enough, when the results came back my Vitamin D level was incredibly low*. Less than half of the low-end of normal. Eek. My doctor prescribed some heavy-duty Vitamin D supplements. Two months in, and I feel a difference. I don’t think I’m into the normal levels just yet, but I’ve noticed I can go longer between taking pain medication and I have more energy. My doctor has reported similar affects for her other patients. Other physicians have noted similar results.

One quick note before ending: You can have too much Vitamin D. So, don’t go nuts with the stuff. Check in with your doctor and have him or her run a blood test. If you’re actually deficient, the over-the-counter stuff won’t make a considerable difference anyway. You don’t want to feel worse, do you?

* Just to make things clear to those of you thinking that I’m an anti-milk lady – I drink my organic vitamin D milk three times a week and have a silly affinity for Blue Bell ice cream. (Our freezer is always stocked.) Though, I am very fair skinned, so I don’t get my vitamins the ol’ fashioned way (the sun).